Development of a novel portable-size PEMFC short stack with electrodeposited Pt hydrogen diffusion anodes

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 5521-5527

  Alcaide, Francisco ^a   Álvarez, Garbiñe ^a   Blázquez, José Alberto ^a   Cabot, Pere L ^b   Miguel, Oscar ^a  

^a Centro de Investigacion Tecnologica En Electroquimica   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrodeposited electrode; Electrodeposition; Galvanostatic pulse electrodeposition; PEMFC; Stack

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CORROSION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRODEPOSITION; HYDROGEN; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS; GALVANOSTATIC PULSE; GEOMETRIC AREA; HYDROGEN DIFFUSION ANODE; OPERATING CONDITION; PEMFC STACK; SOLID POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; STACK;

SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 77955294805     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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